What to look in Bumblebees? (How to know if it's a quality animal)

[Munizfire]

Pretty much what the tittle says, a bit further down the road I plan on getting a bee, but I would like a quality Bumblebee...

What signs would I be looking for? What would be an instant No-no?

Educate me please






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[Crawly's Mom]

A lot of it depends on what you prefer.

Reduced or busy pattern?

High white or low white?

I would look for a bright yellow, not as much orange as orange browns over time. You want that bright yellow from the pastel. I would also keep an eye out for wobbling. Try and avoid a baby who is already wobbling imo.

[Munizfire]

I'd love a Bright Yellow one, but I want to be aware of how their young colors might change with time. :/

And thanks on the wobble, I forgot it has the spider gene... LOL






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[akjadlnfkjfdkladf]

less wabbling & high whites if you like the white. Some people prefer them without little black spots. Some people also prefer high contrast, meaning the spider pattern is very dark, and even the scales next to the yellow scales are very dark.

Bumblebees are awesome though, great taste. My lil bumblebee has a ton of white:

[Kinra]

As Crawly's Mom said it really depends on what you are looking for.

To me the wobble doesn't bother me, but I also don't have any extreme wobblers. High White/Low White, it's still a bee to me.

What I look at is the color and pattern. With the pattern I look for little spotting. As for color, I look at how clean they are. I have two bees and I wasn't very selective in my first one and she's browned out some. My other bee has a very clean pattern and though I wasn't actively looking for another bee I jumped to buy her when I had the chance.

To give you some idea of how color can change. Here is my first bee.

The day I got her at 70g:


In my light tent at about ~150g


Butchering her color in a light tent last week:


Last weekend sitting on my head at ~320g (with flash on):


My other bee is paler, but very clean. Here she is last month:




In direct sunlight:


Here she is with my first bee for comparison:


Sorry for all the photos, but as they say, a picture is worth a 1,000 words, so have fun reading.

[ShockBunny]

I'd make high white my first priority. That way it looks cool even if it browns out. XD My first BP was a bumblebee and while I love him, I can already tell he's going to brown out like crazy. It was a choice between a big hefty guy 2-3x the size of his clutchmates but brown, or a nicer looking bee that wasn't eating as well. Since it was my first, I went with the good eater. And I'm glad I did, he's doubled in size in 2 months! And at $250, I'm certainly not complaining. XD Plus, he just has the BEST personality.

Here's my boy Edgar:



I want to breed my next bee myself. I plan on hunting for the PERFECT pastels, rather than buying any morph combos with pastel as a component. That way I can be (hopefully) sure that the color will last better. I'd hate to buy a combo morph only to have it produce poor quality pastel offspring.

[akjadlnfkjfdkladf]

@shockbunny are you sure that's not a spider? You can find spiders and bees in the same clutch.

[Munizfire]

So basically avoid orange and watch the wobble? The rest is up for preference?

Also, is the wobble something that will affect their health? Or just something to make us sad?


Oh, IF POSSIBLE, Idealistically, I'd be looking for a bee this yellow (I understand there are pattern differences, obviously as it wont be a GTP) but I refer to the intensity of the yellow...


Do they come this bright?






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[Munizfire]

@shockbunny are you sure that's not a spider? You can find spiders and bees in the same clutch.

This






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[akjadlnfkjfdkladf]

If you want something THAT yellow (especially into adult age) a bee is probably not the morph for you. You might need to up your budget if you want something to resemble a bee and be that yellow lol

bees generally resemble what kinra and i posted